01-24-2023, 01:17 PM
I have 2014 Cadillac Vsport and love the car. Yes, they pump exhaust noise into the cabin but honestly it enhances the experience of driving. Being able to hear allows for a better driver/vehicle relationship when in sport/manual mode. As any of you that drive a manual transmission can tell, the sound of the engine gives you as much information as looking at the RPM’s and gauge's.
2014 Cadillac CTS pumps engine sound into the cabin using the car’s audio system.
It’s no secret that connecting to the performance of a car from the cockpit is tied to being able to hear what’s going on under the hood.
The rocket science behind it all is how a carmaker pulls off enhancing that experience without taking away from the true authenticity of the engine’s unique sounds when driving the vehicle. It’s especially tough with the strict noise limitations mandated by government agencies.
For the all-new 2014 Cadillac CTS, GM says the process included applying the principles of psychoacoustics, the science of sound and perception. Building on the idea that engine sound communicates throttle response, CTS engineers tuned the car with specific audio properties related to its three distinctive driving modes – Tour, Sport and Track. Then they added in the car’s Bose audio system.
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